Werder is responsible for external and internal communication measures, media and information work, public relations and media-related support for the Group's 14 clinics, according to a press release issued on Monday. Peter Werder's team also includes Eveline Pigeat-Stamm as project manager. From January 2012, a further project manager will join the corporate communications team. The 37-year-old Peter Werder joined the health insurer ÖKK in 2006, where he provided communications support for the demerger with ÖKK Basel and subsequently built up the communications department. He previously worked at Jung von Matt (PR and online), at the PR agency Peter Bütikofer & Company, at Wirz and Assai Interactive and at Radio Zürisee. He studied journalism, philosophy and musicology at the University of Zurich and holds a doctorate in political philosophy. Werder is a lecturer at the University of Zurich for communication in the healthcare sector and is an author.